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View definitions for ungainly

ungainly

adjective as in clumsy

adjective as in cumbersome

adjective as in clumsy

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I walked down the school hallways in my new body amid my child-shaped classmates and felt ungainly and over-sexual, grotesque, as if I’d been turned inside out.

There was lots of predictable French goofiness, including the Olympic debut of breaking — previously known as breakdancing — and a viral moment from the ungainly Australian B-girl named ”Raygun.”

Those action-packed story arcs are awkwardly condensed, and the pacing is almost always ungainly.

It had a small cabin and disproportionate wingspan of nearly 111 feet that enabled it to carry more than four times its weight in fuel — 1,500 gallons tipping the scales at nearly 9,000 pounds — making it uncomfortable to sleep in and ungainly to fly.

Long-eared Jar Jar is a bipedal amphibianlike creature with an ungainly walk and a winning attitude.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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